The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-27

Spalding is trying to sell pitcher Flynn.
Ladies are admitted free to the games in Bal
timore
Twitchell is the champion batting pitcher of
the League.
The Mutuals and the Easterns will play a
game next Sunday at the Exposition grounds.
Mike Hines has developed into frstclass all
around player since he went into the Southern
League.
Cahll of the home club. and Fogarty, of the
Philadelphias took the first degree in the Elks
lodge last night
with the Athletics. Players are being released
without consulting him.
The Philadelphia Record says it is dollars to
cents that the indianapolis club will not be last
at the end of the season.
The Philadelphia club now has sixteen men
on its payroll, among whom are four pitchers,
four catchers, and one extra in6e!der.
The Eclipse. yesterday. defeated the Comets
by a score of II to 6. Schuchrow and Piscator
were the pitchers and Duffice anc bennington
the catchers.
OF the Association clubs, St. Louis leads in
the batting averages with 1855 per cent. Gin
cnnati is sixth that list with .305, but first in
fielding, with .9I6 per cent
Mccarthy. of the Phillies was released out
right to the Oshkosh club Chris Won der Abe
would like to have had Mccarthy to play right
field for the St Louis Browns.
The Baltimores claim to be crippled in the
sore. kilroy is doctoring his. while Shreve has q
distaste to facing heavy batters
Larry Corcoran will receive his last months
salary, $40 from the Indianapolis club to-day,
which will be a settlement in full. After that
Corcoran proposes to leave the city.
Roseman. of the Athletics. h ad a clause in
serted in his contract STIMULATING that he need
not play ball on Sundays. He has OBJ
lection, however, to selling liquor on the Sab
bath.
The Fsyettes defeated the Athletics yesterday
morning and the Bruisers in the afternoon: at
their park, west end of Eighth street The
score of the former was q to and the latter
IA to 2.
Frank Brunell, of the Clevelands. went South
to look for pitchers. He made offer for Hung
Ter and Smith, of the Charlestons. and was told
he could have the whole team for Sc, 500. He
didn't buy.
Manchester Union: The New England League
was school for the players of the bigger organ
izations last year, and next fall managers will
swoop down teams here and gather in a
harvest of the most promising young players
number of them making rapid strides in
skill.
Deacon White, the veteran player Of the De-
troit club, who has been made regular catcher
since Shnde supplar ted him at third base made
his reputation long ago as q catcher for the Gin
cinnati, Boston and Chicago clubs. He practices
daily, and is said to throw to bases in splendid
shape.
Over one thousand persons witnessed the
game yesterday afternoon, between the Sham
rocks and Indianapolis Easterns. The score
suting &c to % favor of the Easterus. The
batteries were Coleman and Sheffieton for the
Shamrocks and Queisser and Devoss for the
Easterns.
St Louis Republican: It is significant fact
that the tail-end clubs of the two associations
are weakest in the pitchers box. Were Indian
apolis stronger i'll this regard she would be
halfway up the ladder, and Cleveland would
not be last, inasmuch nearly half of her
many defeats have been the result of weak
pitching.
President Young, of the League. is reported
as saying that he proposes to assign umpres re-
CARELESS of the objections of managers and
players. If this is correct. it is talk of the right
Sort and President Young can do no better than
act at once by sending umpire Powers to De-
troit President Stearns. of the Detroit club
has been widely credited with having said that